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HUGO AUGUSTE BlllCKER, BLAENARVON, ENGLAND.

VELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,095, dated October28, 1890.

Application filed October 19, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that LHueo Auousrn BECKER, residing at Godwith Cottage,Blaenarvon, in the county of Monmouth, in the principality Britain andIreland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAnti-Vibrating Cycles or Velocipedes, (for which I have applied forprovisional protection in Great Britain, dated May 6, 1889, No. 7,544,)of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has for its object the lessening or overcoming ofvibrations in cycles or velocipedes of all kinds, and it is alsoapplicable to other vehicles mounted on metal ivlliieels, such as chairsfor invalids and the It consists of a vertical spring-frame interposedbetween the body or seat of the cycle or vehicle, and the wheel orwheels, and in the case of bicycles is intended to be chiefly used onthe back wheel, which carries the greater part of the ridersweight,although it is applicable to the front wheel also, in a more or lessmodified form, as hereinafter ex plained.

I will now proceed to describe my invention, as shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, Sheet I, shows a Safetybicycle with an ordinary V-body, one part of which, namely, the verticalseat-support, is utilized as one side of my spring-frame, which formsaltogether a quadrilateral or four-sided figure composed of fourangular, curved, or straight connecting-rods of varying length, whichare hinged or pivoted together at or near the points of contact. Thesefour rods are lettered, respectively, A B G D, and their points ofcontact or joints are denoted by the letter J. It will be seen that thejoints are rigid in a lateral or horizontal direction, but work easilyin the vertical direction, thus yielding readily to any pressure or blowcaused by the wheel encountering an obstacle on the road. In thisvertical motion the joints are controlled by the tension-spring E, whichSerial No. 327,488. (No model.)

may be made in any of the well-known forms of springs suitable for sucha purpose. The front wheel of the bicycle is shown attached to the bodyby the bar or tube F, the connection taking place at the joint G, as atthe other wheel, and being controlled by the spring S.

Fig. 2, Sheet II, shows another mode of arranging my quadrilateralframe, which can be varied in many ways to suit the shape of thecycle-body without departing from the principle. In this case the shortconnectingrod A is placed near the axle of the wheel and below B insteadof above it as in Fig. 1. The spring E is also differently placed; butthe action of the whole frame is precisely similar in both cases.

Fig. 3, Sheet II, shows the front of a Safety bicycle-body with amodification of my quadrilateral spring-frame, the handle-socket andfork-head being utilized as two sides of the quadrilateral.

It will be seen that the fork-head H is prolonged to aiford space forthe upper connecting-rod A. Below this is the lower connecting-rod C,and oneither side are the equivalents of the other rods B and D. Insidethe frame .is the tension-spring T, which, as before stated, controlsthe movement of the frame, and can be placed in any position suitablefor that purpose The effect of this arrangement is that on an obstaclebeing encountered the distance between the sides of the quadrilateraland between the centers of the wheels and the body of the machine or theseat thereof will be altered, and the tension-spring will yield somewhattill it recoils and draws the frame back to its normal position. As aconsequence, the vibration caused by contact with the obstacle is takenup by the spring and does not aflect the rider.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declarethat what I claim is- I. In a velocipede or similar vehicle, thecombination, with the frame-piece or rod D and the sprocket-Wheel, ofthe hinged rod or said frame, of the spring S, connecting said brace O,the upwardly-extending hinged rod bar and frame, substantially as setforth. IO or brace B, the connecting hinged rod A, and In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my the transverse connecting-spring E,substanhand in presence of two witnesses.

5 tially as set forth. HUGO AUGUSTE BECKER.

2. The combination, with the front portion W'itnesses: of the mainframe, and the bar F, adapted to W. S. BROWHEAD,

carry the front wheel and jointed at G to GEO. BLACK.

